Full Name: Athanasios G. Papavassiliou
Current position: Professor & Head
Tel. / Fax: +30 210 7462508 / +30 210 7791207
E-mail: papavas@med.uoa.gr
Address: Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Athens Medical School,
75 M. Asias str. – Building 16, 2nd floor, 11527 Goudi-Athens, Greece
Education/Titles
MD (Valedictorian), Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
[1984]
MPhil, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY,
USA [1988]
PhD in Cellular, Molecular and Biophysical Studies, College of Physicians &
Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, USA [1989]
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology, College of Physicians & Surgeons
of Columbia University, New York, NY, USA [1989-1990]
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Differentiation Programme, European Molecular
Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany [1990-1991]
Staff Scientist, Differentiation Programme, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany [19911996]
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Patras School of
Medicine, Patras, Greece [1996-2000]
Professor & Head, Department of Biochemistry, University of Patras School of
Medicine, Patras, Greece [2000-2006]
Professor & Head, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Athens
Medical School, Athens, Greece [2006-]
Teaching Activity
Biological Chemistry II (undergraduate course / Medical & Dental School)
Biochemistry (undergraduate course / School of Nursing)
Topics in Molecular Medicine (undergraduate elective course / Medical School)
Molecular Cardiology (undergraduate elective course / Medical School)
Biochemistry of Nutrition (undergraduate elective course / Medical School)
Clinical Biochemistry (undergraduate elective course / School of Nursing)
Graduate Programme in «Molecular Medicine»
Graduate Programme in «Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic Surgery and
Telesurgery»
Graduate Programme in «Molecular & Applied Physiology»
Research Interests (major)
 Signal transduction to transcription factors I: Molecular mechanisms of
mechano-inductive osteogenesis
 Signal transduction to transcription factors II: Molecular mechanisms of
differentiation and carcinogenesis in human cells (respiratory epithelium,
colon, bone tissue)
 Signal transduction to transcription factors ΙΙΙ: Pathobiochemistry of
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Recent Publications (2007- )
1. E. Diamanti-Kandarakis, C. Piperi, P. Korkolopoulou, E. Kandaraki, G.
Levidou, A. Papalois, E. Patsouris, A.G. Papavassiliou (2007) Accumulation
of dietary glycotoxins in the reproductive system of normal female rats. J. Mol.
Med. 85:1413-1420.
2. D.J. Papachristou, V. Gkretsi, U.N. Rao, G.I. Papachristou, O.A.
Papaefthymiou, E.K. Basdra, C. Wu, A.G. Papavassiliou (2008) Expression of
integrin-linked kinase and its binding partners in chondrosarcoma: Association
with prognostic significance. Eur. J. Cancer 44:2518-2525.
3. I.G. Habeos, P.G. Ziros, D. Chartoumpekis, A. Psyrogiannis, V.
Kyriazopoulou, A.G. Papavassiliou (2008) Simvastatin activates Keap1/Nrf2
signaling in rat liver. J. Mol. Med. 86:1279-1285.
4. D.J. Papachristou, K.K. Papachroni, E.K. Basdra, A.G. Papavassiliou (2009)
Signaling networks and transcription factors regulating mechanotransduction
in bone. Bioessays 31:794-804.
5. M.V. Karamouzis, P.A. Konstantinopoulos, A.G. Papavassiliou (2009)
Targeting c-Met as a strategy to overcome cross-talk related resistance to
EGFR protein-targeting agents in cancer therapeutics. Lancet Oncol. 10:709717.
6. K.K. Papachroni, C. Piperi, G. Levidou, P. Korkolopoulou, L. Pawelczyk, E.
Diamanti-Kandarakis, A.G. Papavassiliou (2009) Lysyl oxidase interacts with
AGEs signaling to modulate collagen synthesis in polycystic ovarian tissue. J.
Cell. Mol. Med., in press.